RDV 1060 and Transparent Cable

[hotwheels]

I have a new RDV 1060. I have used a XXXX brand cable for the digital coax connection to a 105eh6 receiver. The vendor tells me they ususally sell a $300 XXXXX brand cable that he swears noticeably improves the sound. Given the snake oil around cables and audio and video, does anyone have experience with that cable or a similar one improving the audio out from the 1060?

The shop will loan me the cable to try, but I thought I would also ask here to see what experiences others have had.

Thanks

[lvhung]

The dealer is right .....may be that Transparent premium digital cable
But I think alot of cheaper Coax cable sound good

PS: This forum does not allow cables talking

[hotwheels]

thanks, missed the part about no ..... talk. But if I conect the ROTEL 1040 witih the ROTEL 1056 via a coax digital ..... then it should make no difference who manufactuers the .....?

[Taito]

Yeah, if any cables start talking, get rid of them quick! :rofl:

Seriously though, you can check out the exact rules if you like so that there are no misunderstandings.

You should search for 'silver digital magic' to turn up one of Aussie Geoff's threads. Pretty informative. Also, check out cat cables - a sponsor of this board. Good luck.

-Ben

[Aussie Geoff]

But if I conect the ROTEL 1040 witih the ROTEL 1056 via a coax digital ..... then it should make no difference who manufactuers the .....?

I used to think that... And some people still do. But thankfully I was convinced by a great local dealer to take home several cables for a weekend and compare for myself. Which I did (with my family as the "blind testers"). I found we could all heard signficant differences between coaxial cables for reasons that escape me... After trying lots of cables I found that one made by Doug (owner of this forum) from pure silver was by far and away the best value I could find (I needed to spend 4-5 times at much to equal it).... (Try this thread on "silver digital magic" from the search suggested above - you will see that lots of others have also had good experiences).

Bottom line though - I recommend that the only way to be sure is to try for yourself, listen to a few and see if you can hear any difference... Then make your own decision...

Geoff

[hotwheels]

Thanks --- sorry about the rule infringement, but I think I will order the Cat cable after reading the information in the referenced thread. THANKS!!!

[Andrew Pratt]

I removed the name of the cable in question as per the rules. thanks for understanding.

[Lex]

Hot wheels, the sold silver silver digital magic, whatever we want to call it today is still (my sigh here) not on the web site. But they are available.

I am the owner of CAT, and yes, I set the policies on cables around these parts. Generally, the clubs are not for cable talk anyway, and even if they are web brands competitive to CAT discussions are discouraged. Store brand cable talk is moderately tollerated, to a point. But we do ask that members respect the fact CAT helps keep the doors open on this joint. So, it's important to be cognisent of that fact.

Please email me or post to the CAT forum and I'll be glad to assist.

Thanks,
Doug